Light fixture



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May 6, 1941.

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Inventor Attorneys Patented May 6, 1941 UNITED STATES PAT Fries 1 Claim.

This invention relates to lighting fixtures and more particularly to a supporting bracket for an incandescent lamp, the object of the invention being to provide a bracket of this character which will permit use of the lamp to advantage when shaving, in a beauty parlor, or in a garage, or other workshop, while doing repair or other work; and the invention together with its objects and advantages will be understood from a study of the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings Wherein Figure l is a side elevational view illustrating my improved lamp bracket.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is a view taken substantially at right angles to Figure 1 and with the adjustable arm shown in transverse section.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view through the adjustable arm.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view illustrating certain details of construction hereinafter more fully referred to.

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 4, and

Figure 7 is a fragmentary side elevational view illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring more in detail to the drawings it will be seen that in accordance with the present invention there is provided a mounting plate 5 that is adapted to be secured to a wall or other suitable support 6 through the medium of screws or other fastening elements 1.

In the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive, the mounting plate 5 has extending therefrom vertically spaced aligned arms 8 and 8 that have openings therethrough for accommodating a rod 9 in a manner to permit the rod to rotate in said openings or to be shifted vertically through the openings to the desired position of adjustment, being secured at said position of adjustment through the medium of a set screw I I threadedly engaged with the arm 8.

For the upper end of the rod l there is provided a head block l2 that is provided with a socket [3 receiving the upper end of the rod It). The head member I2 is secured on the upper end of the rod l0 through the medium of a set screw 14.

The head member l2 has a transverse opening therethrough to accommodate one end of the outer section I4 of a telescoping supporting arm I that embodies the aforementioned section [4 and a section 16. Said end of section I4 is secured at the desired position of adjustment within the opening of the head member I 2 through the medium of a set screw l2.

The section it has a snug sliding fit within the arm section l4, and at the outer free end thereof the section i6 is provided with a through opening that accommodates a lamp cord I! that at one end is equipped with a lamp socket I8 accommodating an incandescent lamp I9.

Also mounted on the arm section l6 for longitudinal adjustment therethrough is a lamp cord uide member 20 that is secured at the desired position of adjustment on the arm section It through the medium of a set screw 2|.

The lamp cord guide member 20 is provided with an aperture that accommodates the cord I1 which latter is also trained through a guide eye 22 provided on the free end of the arm section [4.

Mounted on the upper end of the head member I2 is a removable cap 23 that is secured on said head member l2 through the medium of screws or other fastening elements 24. As best shown in Figure 5, the cap member 23 is provided with a vertical opening 25 and a lateral entrance slot 26 for said opening.

The lamp cord l1 extends longitudinally of the arm l5 and is trained through the slot 26 in the opening 25 at the end of the cord equipped with a plug or other suitable means (not shown) through the medium of which the lamp cord is connected in a suitable electric circuit.

From the above it will be seen that arm l5 may be extended to the length desired, and by rotating the rod l0 arm l5 may be swung to any position desired being secured in said position by screwing home the set screw ll.

Also rod l0 may be raised or lowered as found desirable and secured to the raised or lowered position desired by screwing home the set screw H.

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 7 there may be employed, instead of the mounting plate 5, shown in Figure l, a mounting plate 5a that is equipped with a single arm 21 that has an upstanding end portion 28 to fit within the socket 13a of the head member l2a. In all other respects the form of the invention shown in Fig-- ure 7 will conform with the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 6 inclusive.

It is thought that a clear understandin of the construction, utility and advantages of a lighting fixture embodying the features of the present invention will be had without a more detailed description.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is: r

A light fixture of the class described comprising a vertically arranged member supported for rotary movement and having a head extending upwardly from its upper end, an arm connected with the head and extending at right angles thereof and having lamp cord guide members at its outer end part, a block of the same cross sectional dimensions as that of the head and seated on the upper end of the head, said block having a centrally arranged opening therein passing from its upper face through its lower face and a groove in its lower face extending from the lower end of the opening through that side of the block which is flush with the side of the head from which the arm extends, said opening and groove adapted to receive a lamp cord which extends downwardly through the opening and. then through the groove to the guiding means at the outer end part of the arm and fastening means for detachably connecting the block to the upper end of the head.

CHARLIE W. HOWELL. 

